Joseph DeRupo, a spokesman for the National Coffee Association of USA, said the study 'presents findings that are out of step with prevailing science.'

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Cathy Payne
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A study has found that heavy coffee consumption is associated with a higher death risk in people younger than 55.

In the study, published online in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings, men younger than 55 who drank more than 28 cups of coffee a week were 56 percent more likely to have died from any cause. Women in that age range had a twofold greater risk of dying than other women. The study looked at 43,727 men and women ages 20 to 87 from 1971 to 2002.

"From our study, it seems safe to drink one to three cups of coffee a day," said the study's second co-author, Xuemei Sui, assistant professor of exercise ...